Abstract

Cephalopods represent one of the most
important exploited marine fishery resources at
Veraval. The cephalopod landings in Gujarat
increased by more than two folds from 0.234 lakh t
in 2002 to 0.49 lakh t in 2006 (Mohanraj et al., 2009),
with a concomitant increase in catch rate from 5.05
kg h-1 in 2003 to 14.74 kg h-1 in 2006. The cephalopod
resource was constituted mainly by Loligo duvauceli,
Sepia pharaonis and S. aculeata